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CVE-2004-0412

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—

Mailman before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to obtain user passwords via a crafted email request to the Mailman server.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

GNU — Mailman

CWEs

References

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